F for Fake
“A magician is just an actor playing the part of a magician.”
1973•PG•1h 29m•7.4•Released
Documentary
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
Director
Orson Welles
Writer
Orson Welles, François Reichenbach
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Studio
SACI
Cast
Orson Welles
Self
Oja Kodar
The Girl
Elmyr de Hory
Self
Clifford Irving
Self
Laurence Harvey
Self
Edith Irving
Self
David Walsh
Self
Paul Stewart
Self
Richard Wilson
Self
Joseph Cotten
Self
Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage)
Richard Drewett
Self
Alexander Welles
Self
Gary Graver
Self
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Self
Production
Company
SACI
Company
Les Films de l'Astrophore
Company
Janus Film und Fernsehen
Producer
Dominique Antoine
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